Bulldog women’s basketball 2024-25 SEC matchups revealed

May 14, 2024 Bob Bakken

The Southeastern Conference office revealed Mississippi State women’s basketball conference matchups Tuesday, May 14 ahead of the 2024-25 season.

In the 16th season of its 16-game schedule, the conference office announced a format with the addition of new members Texas and Oklahoma that consists of a single round robin of home and away opponents for 14 games with a rotating opponent that will finalize the remaining the two games. Each team will play eight home and eight away games. The rotating opponent will change annually.

Mississippi State’s rotating opponent next season will be Auburn, which marks the first time that the two programs have faced off in a home-and-home series since 2019-20.

Seven of the eight home opponents slated for Mississippi State will be 2024 NCAA Tournament teams, headlined by the defending national champions South Carolina, Texas and Oklahoma. Mississippi State has previously faced Oklahoma twice, last in 2021-22, and Texas five times, last in 2018-19.

Mississippi State will also welcome Alabama, Arkansas, Ole Miss and Texas A&M to Humphrey Coliseum for its home-only games. The Bulldogs will travel to Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Missouri, Tennessee and Vanderbilt for its away-only games.

SEC regular season action will start Jan. 2 and run through March 2, 2025. The 2025 SEC Tournament will take place on March 5-9 inside Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, S.C.

Game times, dates and television information will be released at a later date.

Mississippi State enters its third season under head coach Sam Purcell, who is the only coach in program history to lead their team to consecutive 20-plus wins seasons and postseason trips over their first two seasons in Starkville. The Bulldogs also return 2023-24 All-SEC selection graduate student guard Jerkaila Jordan and fellow starter junior guard Debreasha Powe.

General admission season tickets for the 2024-25 season are on sale now for only $99 at www.HailState.com/tickets.